private dick
Related to private dick: private investigator, gumshoe
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private dick
slang A private investigator or detective. "Dick" is a slang shortening of "detective." The disgraced police detective moved to another state and started a business as a private dick. It turned out they'd hired a private dick to keep tabs on her after she left the law firm.
See also: dick, private
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- a private eye
- private eye
- hawkshaw
- nailer
- prostie
- prosties
- mother
- gumshoe
- shamus